Okay, is Disney just targeting black shows or were the black shows just the only ones that included trans characters?

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 4d ago

Disney has now shelved three episodes featuring storylines centered on transgender characters and gender identity. The episodes, from ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,’ and ‘Win or Lose,’ were either cut from release or have since leaked online.

I've never met a CEO who didn't make my skin crawl.

United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 6d ago

The fact that it’s not uncommon for game companies to require you to relocate across the country just to lay you off is crazy. “Sorry we made you and your family move to an incredibly expensive city a few months ago to do a job you could have done remotely - also you’re now out of a job. :)”

Times like this I wish I still had a salary and some goddamn disposable income. These folks deserve to stay afloat.

Chase Taylor-Carter@chasecarter.bsky.social · last wk.

Some radical transparency: we may only have a year left at our current pace. If you'd like to help us survive to reach our full potential, consider subscribing, donating, or buying a gift subscription.

I have a Vision

This is true for video games, too. Often, the artifice *is* the joy.

David Sims@davidlsims.bsky.social · last wk.

if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”

What if stories about adolescents were built on respect and self-discovery rather than a limp retreading of the odious British class system? Magica Riot is what if that.

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️@magicariot.com · 2w ago

*tapping the sign*

if they wanted me to get out of bed, they shouldn't have made women so soft and warm and pretty

🌈 2010. 🎶 Erasure's Always plays as you mash Z, chasing that high score 🏆 and your best sparkly unicorn life 🦄 ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK still runs thanks to preservation & emulation via Ruffle. Flash is gone 👋, but your favorite games don't have to be. 🌐 Play it now! archive.org/details/robo...

"It's weird how nobody can read anymore!" It's the fascism. "Gosh, you notice how nobody seems to engage with" It's fascism. "The focus on aesthetics instead of content is" Fascism. "Why do people think the past was better than" FASCISM.

I'm so very grateful for PeopleMakeGames giving me a platform to speak about the impact the dismissal from Rockstar has had on my family because it has been profound. We miss our dogs more than anything in the world and would do anything to have them both back. Unfortunately that cannot happen.

IWGB@iwgbunion.bsky.social · 2w ago

Listen to fired Rockstar worker Will Masilane detail how losing his job meant losing the life he had built in Edinburgh, with his girlfriend and his beloved dogs Abby and Lonnie The four of them had made the move to the Scottish capital from Australia two and half years prior.

if you were shit talking utada hikaru's "face my fears" during the kingdom hearts 3 era you're a fake ass hater with bad taste

This didn't make me cry. Honest.

CASSETTE BEASTS 2002 | Bytten Studio@byttenstudio.bsky.social · 2w ago

You asked for it, we delivered - Cassette Beasts 2002's title track "Ages of Change", from our announcement trailer, is now available to stream on all major platforms! We hope you enjoy it! 🎸 Listen to the full song on Youtube now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkBt...

Korra did nothing wrong.

Kay 🌱 comms open!@kf1n3.bsky.social · 3w ago

Saw the new avatar trailer and all I could think about was older Korrasami

Extremely excited to share a massive piece I worked very hard on. I talked to FFXIV’s Naoki Yoshida, Warframe’s Rebecca Ford, and ESO’s Nick Giacomini anout what the future of MMORPGs looks like - and how the live service scene has altered that, if at all www.gamesradar.com/games/mmo/ho...

"The desire for a world you can escape to is stronger than ever": How MMORPGs are flourishing in a multiplayer landscape dominated by live-service shooters

The lead developers of Final Fantasy 14, Warframe, and The Elder Scrolls Online take us through the demands and realities of running a successful MMO

gamesradar.com

Hi America

@chrisbratt.bsky.social is a very nice young man. Rockstar's alleged union busting, not quite so nice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym4z...

If Rockstar Meant to Kill the Union, It Didn't Work

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Don't you want the person who points out Nature Girl in the trailer to review the game for you? Hit me up!

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 3w ago

Marvel’s Wolverine - Story Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z42...

I only wrote/published one journalism/games piece this year, if you want to know how stuff is going for your favourite Canadian Sikh game journalist. Even though it was one of the best pieces of writing/criticism/reporting I have ever written/published—this is my current situation. To be honest.

Final Fantasy Football.

Matthewせいじ@matthewseiji.com · 3w ago

FIFA is short for Final Fantasy

Adult spaces are getting suffocated by these idiotic credit card companies and puritanical lobbying groups. Who gets to define decency, and how easily do our rights disappear when money talks? #blog #gaming #censorship

The Digital Chastity Belt

innerspiral.lol

"Disability is articulated as a struggle... but disabled lives are multi-faceted - brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy, and wit." ~ Sinéad Burke

The Orion@gettheorion.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy Disability Pride Month to those who celebrate. You are seen, and you are loved. 🖖🏻🤟🏻

For IGN: “Sharma echoes Elon Musk, whose typical approach is to yank wires out of the machine, and discover afterwards whether any of them were essential.” www.ign.com/articles/xbo...

By Scrapping Studios and Doubling Down on Decades-Old Franchises, Xbox Is Dismantling Its Future To Rebuild a Past It Can Never Recapture

Xbox's big reset has scrapped studios building original ideas in favour of doubling down on legacy IP - but how will it find its next big franchise if it only focuses on the old?

ign.com

15 years ago, I was an intern researcher working in Whitehall. I have vivid memories of playing Bastion on a PC after work during those days, stealing away to Supergiant's bleak, colourful post apocalypse. What a long, strange trip it's been.

Supergiant Games@supergiantgames.bsky.social · 3w ago

On this day 15 years ago, we launched our first game, Bastion. To everyone who helped the Kid survive the Calamity, thank you!!🙏 You're the reason we've been able to carry on as an independent studio ever since.

Go read our good website for its birthday

This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 4w ago

This Week in Videogames has reached its first full year of operation. Thank you to our paid subscribers for helping us sustain an independent, commercial-free, AI-free, and no-nonsense approach to games coverage for everyone. Here's a brief rundown of what we've managed to achieve in Year One:

They changed what 'it' is...

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 4w ago

As expected from one of the minds behind TSL, this thread is full of excellent takes.

Alexis Sara@alexissara.bsky.social · 4w ago

1 like = 1 Media Take #ASthreads

Good journalism.

i’m just ken@shepardcdr.bsky.social · 4w ago

Spent the last few days chatting with queer men in the Love and Deepspace fandom about its homophobia problem, and why some fans are protective of the game to the point of resisting even men who like men taking part in the romance game's community. kotaku.com/love-deepspa...

We ultimately still accept rape, and rape culture, as a fact of life. Here's @zoehhannah.com on Cyberpunk 2077, physical disempowerment as a sci-fi plot device, and being inundated with news (and ill-argued defenses) regarding Graham Platner: www.mothership.blog/its-everywhe...

It's everywhere

Rape culture, Cyberpunk 2077, and would-be Senators

mothership.blog

Bumping this. Give Hayes his Fire Emblems. He deserves them.

Hayes Madsen@solfleet.bsky.social · 4w ago

I've got some review season work lined up, but the BIG one I'm really, really trying to find somewhere early - is a review assignment for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. I'm not hesitant to call myself one of the biggest tactical RPG experts out there, and I especially have a lot of context for FE.